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This is the all-electric 2026 Cadillac ESCALADE IQL, for those who find the regular all-electric ESCALADE a bit smallish. According to Cadillac PR minions, the ESCALADE IQL "delivers up to a Cadillac-estimated 460 miles of range, and when it comes time to charge, customers can expect up to 116 miles of range in 10 minutes at a public DC Fast Charging Station." The 24-module GM battery serves as the foundation of both ESCALADE IQ and IQL, producing 205 kWh. The ESCALADE IQL will be offered in four trims – Luxury, Sport, Premium Luxury and Premium Sport. MSRP starts at $132,695, including destination freight charge, and excluding tax, title and dealer fees. (Dealer sets final price.) ESCALADE IQL will be sold globally, including in the U.S. and Canada, with production starting in mid-2025 at General Motors’ Factory ZERO plant in Detroit. Editor-in-Chief's Note: In the press material for this giant all-electric Escalade there are no curb weight figures given. Why? I'm guessing it's because the thing weighs as much as the GMC Hummer EV, which is around 9,000 lbs. Yeah, I get it, battery packs are heavy, but the proliferation of these kinds of vehicles is depressing as hell. Vehicles like this from GM make me long for the new-generation Bolt that's coming. All I can say about that is it better be fan-fucking-tastic, because anything less will be a massive disappointment. -PMD

The AE Song of the Week:

I found a picture of you, oh oh oh oh
What hijacked my world that night
To a place in the past
We've been cast out of? Oh oh oh oh
Now we're back in the fight
We're back on the train
Oh, back on the chain gang

A circumstance beyond our control, oh oh oh oh
The phone, the TV and the news of the world
Got in the house like a pigeon from hell, oh oh oh oh
Threw sand in our eyes and descended like flies
Put us back on the train
Oh, back on the chain gang

The powers that be
That force us to live like we do
Bring me to my knees
When I see what they've done to you
But I'll die as I stand here today
Knowing that deep in my heart
They'll fall to ruin one day
For making us part

I found a picture of you, oh oh oh oh
Those were the happiest days of my life
Like a break in the battle was your part, oh oh oh oh
In the wretched life of a lonely heart
Now we're back on the train
Oh, back on the chain gang

"Back On The Chain Gang" by The Pretenders, from the album "Learning To Crawl" (1982).* Written by Christine Hynde. Publisher: Hipgnosis Songs Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc. Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind. Watch the Official Music Video here.

*This is a tribute to James Honeyman-Scott, the Pretenders guitarist who died of a drug overdose in 1982 at age 26. Scott's death was followed by bass player Pete Farndon's 10 months later. Farndon had been kicked out of the band because of his drug problems and died of an overdose. The "picture of you" Chrissie Hynde sings about is a picture she found in her wallet of Ray Davies, leader of the band The Kinks. Hynde and Davies were a couple and had a daughter together. This song started off about him, but the meaning changed when Honeyman-Scott died. Chrissie Hynde would sometimes tear up when performing this very emotional song. This was the first Pretenders single featuring Billy Bremner and Tony Butler, who replaced Farndon and Honeyman-Scott. This was released as a single almost two years before the album came out. (Knowledge courtesy of Songfacts.com) (Knowledge courtesy of Songfacts.com)

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